Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Politicians in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest politicians in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 838 politicians tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Julius Malema, Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 59k, and the largest, Julius Malema, reaches around 772k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each politician, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Nicolas Sarkozy 20k 45.4 40.8% Politician
52 Andrew Cuomo 19k 41.5 59.9% Politician
53 Aga Khan 17k 50.9 64.4% Politician
54 Omar Suleiman 16k 41.8 53.9% Politician
55 Vladimir Lenin 16k 26.2 58.9% Politician
56 Narendra Modi 16k 40.2 43.1% Politician
57 John Major 16k 55.7 15.9% Politician
58 María Corina Machado 15k 44.8 57.6% Politician
59 Yoweri Museveni 14k 35.2 15.4% Politician
60 Jacinda Ardern 14k 37.1 75.0% Politician
61 Mark Rutte 14k 51.7 100.0% Politician
62 Victor Hugo 14k 56.7 100.0% Politician
63 Henry Kissinger 14k Politician
64 George Galloway 14k 48.4 36.6% Politician
65 Hugo Chávez 13k 45.5 36.1% Politician
66 Richard Nixon 13k 41.0 41.4% Politician
67 Javier Milei 13k 40.7 45.6% Politician
68 Arthur Miller 13k 46.2 67.7% Politician
69 Sergey Lavrov 13k 50.3 21.4% Politician
70 William Wilberforce 13k 54.9 54.7% Politician
71 Condoleezza Rice 12k 50.1 53.6% Politician
72 Morgan Tsvangirai 12k 41.5 35.6% Politician
73 Bobi Wine 12k 32.3 18.6% Politician
74 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 12k 42.1 47.1% Politician
75 Adam Smith 11k 30.4 19.5% Politician

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular politicians compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each politician by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest politician in South Africa?

Julius Malema currently leads with an estimated audience of 772k people in South Africa.

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